GP Mental Health Skills Training (Level 1)

Level 1 Mental Health Skills Training – now only available for GPs within the local boundaries.

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This 6 hour interactive course has been developed by the Barwon Medicare Local in collaboration with a psychiatrist, GPs, consumers and carers. We are only unfortunately only able to provide this program to GPs within our boundaries.

The Course consists of 18 interactive units, totalling 6.1 hours of teaching that are accessed via your web browser. Functioning audio and speakers or headphones are also required.

Each module is protected by an individual password. The password for the first module will be supplied on registration. At the end of each unit is a knowledge quiz, passing the quiz ‘unlocks’ the password for the next unit. The ‘code word’ revealed by the final module is reported back to Barwon Medicare Local and a certificate of completion is issued.

Registration and learning Objectives – To be completed and faxed to Barwon Medicare Local to ‘release’ initial password

Please Note:  Some of these modules may take up to a few minutes to load down to your computer (dependent on your network speed).  The window will therefore appear blank for a while before you see the prompt to enter the password.

Part 1 – Assessment Skills

1. Demand for Mental Health Services 21 mins
(Overview, epidemiology, aetiology)
2. Mental Health History Taking 10 mins
(How to take a good mental health history in 7 Minutes)
3. Drugs, Alcohol and Mental Health 20 mins
4. Mental State Examination 15mins
5. Risk Assessment in Mental Health 23 mins

 

 

Part 2 – Major Mental Health Disorders

6. Mood disorders 25 mins

(Recognition and diagnosis)

7. Anxiety Disorders 20 mins

(Diagnosis and management options)





8. Personality Disorders 24 mins

(Approach to care and support)

9. Psychosis and Schizophrenia 31mins

(GP Management of major mental illness)

10. Somatisation Disorders 35 mins

(Patients with unexplained medical symptoms)







Part 3 – Care and Support

11. Supporting patients and their families 5 mins

(Consumers and carers)

12. Developing a GP Mental Health Care Plan 13 mins




13. Referring on 7 mins
14. The Mental Health Act 24mins




 

 

Part 4 – Treatment

15. Non-Pharmacological treatments 15 mins
16. Antidepresants 13 mins




17. Antipsychotics and mood stabilisers 22 mins
18. Benzodiazepines 26mins




 

 

TOTAL 327 Mins  (6.1 hours)

 

Immediate Post-Course Reinforcement Survey and Feedback of final ‘Code Word’

 

Participant Evaluation Form – to be completed and faxed back to GPAG

 

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Mental Health Skills - Level 1 by Richard Harvey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

 

Note: Handouts are available for the above modules if you log in below.  For your login details please contact Barwon Medicare Local.

 

 
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